Guv finalises arrangements for making Super Speciality Hospital operational

Reviews development projects undertaken by Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board

Governor NN Vohra today reviewed the progress of various ongoing major infrastructural development projects being executed by the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board (SMVDSB).
Chairing a high-level meeting at Raj Bhavan here, the Governor, who is chairman of the board, discussed issues relating to making the 230-bedded Super Speciality Hospital being established by the Shrine Board at Kakryal, near Katra, operational.
After discussions, the meeting decided, inter alia, the various pending issues in regard to the making Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Narayana Super Speciality Hospital, Kakryal, operational.
Ajeet Kumar Sahu, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), SMVDSB, informed the Governor about the to-date status in regard to positioning of diagnostic and treatment machinery and equipment, medical furniture and other requisite logistics. He also informed him about the deployment of doctors, paramedics and the other required staff and stated that all the facilities in the hospital would be fully operational by March 30. He added the entire required medical equipment would be in place and the doctors deployed by that time.
The state-of-the-art Rs 300-crore Super Speciality Hospital will have more than 26 different streams of medicine and surgery, including cardiology, cardio-thoracic surgery, neurology, neuro-surgery, nephrology, urology, oncology, pulmonology, bone-marrow transplant, gastroenterology, orthopaedics, trauma-medicine, paediatrics and neonatology, obstetrics and gynaecology.
During the review of the preparedness for making the Shrine Board’s Sports Complex at Katra operational, Sahu informed the Governor that the construction of the state-of-the-art Sports Complex had been completed at a cost of about Rs11 crore. The magnificent complex was suitable for track and field events as well as team sports like football, handball, cricket, hockey and kabaddi.
Besides, a well-equipped gymnasium, synthetic lawn tennis court, synthetic basketball court and volleyball court have also been established. The Sports Complex also has indoor sports facilities for table tennis and shooting. An adequate parking facility has been made available for users and the visitors.
The complex is equipped with rainwater harvesting capacity of one lakh litres and solar water heaters have been installed to save energy. Matters pertaining to the deployment of the staff and issues regarding effective maintenance of the Sports Complex also came up for discussion in the meeting and the required decisions were taken.
The Chairman directed the CEO to take all required initiative to secure the services of renowned coaches for imparting quality training facilities.
To secure optimal utilisation of the complex the Governor asked the CEO to formulate an annual calendar of sports events and stressed the need for organising local, state and national-level sports and games competitions for promoting sports culture among the youth.
The Chairman and the Board directed the CEO to ensure that the complex is used strictly for sports purposes and not allowed to be utilised for any non-sports activity whatsoever.
The meeting also took stock of the construction of wayside amenities on the newly constructed Tarakote Track between Katra and Adhkuwari, which are at an advanced stage of completion.
The Governor had a micro-level review of various works being executed by the Shrine Board, including the SMVD College of Nursing, with a view to continuously improving and upgrading the facilities for the pilgrims as also those being undertaken as part of social responsibility initiative of the Shrine Board.
The meeting was attended by all the Jammu-based members of the Shrine Board, comprising Dr SS Bloeria, Dr Ashok Bhan, HL Maini, Justice (retd) Permod Kohli and Maj Gen (retd) Shiv Kumar Sharma. BB Vyas, Financial Commissioner, a former CEO of the Shrine Board, also attended the meeting.